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Life form: |
| Annual |
Stems: |
| Height 5–90 cm, rigid-hairy, full, reddish–purplish at least at base |
Leaves: |
| Alternate, pinnate, petiolate |
Flowers: |
| Axillary and terminal compound umbels;5 white unequal petals |
Flowering Period: |
| June, July |
Fruits: |
| Almost spherical, 2-sectioned, with arching spines, 3–4 mm long schizocarp |
Habitat: |
| From Skåne till Uppland. Forests, thickets, farmland, settlements |
Derivation of the botanical name:
Torilis, Umberto Quattrocchi says "A meaningless name or possibly from toreo "to bore through, to pierce," referring to the prickled fruit.
japonica, Japanese.
- The standard author abbreviation Houtt. is used to indicate Maarten Houttuyn (1720 – 1798), a Dutch naturalist.
- The standard author abbreviation DC. is used to indicate Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778 – 1841), a Swiss botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation Huds. is used to indicate William Hudson (1730 – 1793), a British botanist and apothecary based in London.
- The standard author abbreviation Link is used to indicate Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767 – 1851), a German naturalist and botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
- The standard author abbreviation Bernh is used to indicate Johann Jacob Bernhardi (1774 – 1850), a German doctor and botanist.
- The standard author abbreviation Rydberg. is used to indicate Per Axel Rydberg (1860 – 1931), a Swedish-born, American botanist who was the first curator of the New York Botanical Garden Herbarium.
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